Wildfires Rage On; Fire Containment, Controlled, Mop Up, Out Defined; Former Facebook Execs on Negative Social Effects • TUE DEC 12, 2017 6:52 PM CT


 TOP NEWS … 
Thomas Wildfire Grows to Fifth Largest in California History, burning 360 square miles and destroying more than 750 building -- Hollywood Reporter

California's Thomas wildfire has burned 230,500 acres in Ventura County and Santa Barbara counties,  threatening Montecito and Summerland -- REUTERS

The definitions of wildfire containment and wildfire mop up -- Los Angeles Daily News

 FACEBOOK … 
Former Facebook exec Chamath Palihapitiya: Social media is ripping apart society -- Fast Company

Feeling guilt; hearts, likes and thumbs up are destroying how society works

REWIND: Ousted Facebook Co-Founder Sean Parker says Facebook uses likes and shares for little dopamine hits in a “social-validation feedback loop” -- New York Post

Palihapitiya's criticisms were aimed not only at Facebook, but the wider online ecosystem. "The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops we've created are destroying how society works," he said, referring to online interactions driven by "hearts, likes, thumbs-up. No civil discourse, no cooperation; misinformation, mistruth. And it's not an American problem — this is not about Russians ads. This is a global problem."

-- Chamath Palihapitiya


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